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News Thailand PM proposes confidence referendum
Thailand PM proposes confidence referendum
Joe Shaulis
September 4, 2008 11:25:00 am

Thai ">Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej refused to resign Thursday but instead proposed a national referendum on whether he should continue in office. In a radio address following an emergency Cabinet meeting, Samak encouraged...

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News EU high court annuls freeze on assets linked to terrorism
EU high court annuls freeze on assets linked to terrorism
Joe Shaulis
September 4, 2008 09:41:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the EU violated the fundamental property rights of a Saudi business and a Swedish foundation linked to al-Qaeda [JURIST news...

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News Dallas suburb faces lawsuit over ordinance targeting illegal immigrants
Dallas suburb faces lawsuit over ordinance targeting illegal immigrants
Joe Shaulis
September 4, 2008 08:20:00 am

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenges the latest version of a Farmers Branch municipal ordinance which prohibits illegal immigrants from occupying leased property....

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News Sixth Circuit rules on challenge to EPA regulation of Kentucky waters
Sixth Circuit rules on challenge to EPA regulation of Kentucky waters
Abigail Salisbury
September 4, 2008 06:44:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday ruled on a suit brought by several Kentucky environmental groups, including a chapter of the Sierra Club , against Stephen L. Johnson [EPA...

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News Ninth Circuit maintains position on ‘first sale’ defense to copyright actions
Ninth Circuit maintains position on ‘first sale’ defense to copyright actions
Abigail Salisbury
September 4, 2008 06:12:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to retailer Costco in a copyright infringement action brought by watch manufacturer Omega . Omega...

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News New York judge dismisses challenge to same-sex marriage recognition
New York judge dismisses challenge to same-sex marriage recognition
Andrew Gilmore
September 3, 2008 04:22:00 pm

Judge Lucy Billings of the New York State Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged the decision made by New York Governor David Paterson to recognize out-of-state...

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News UN rights office urges Iran to stop executing juvenile offenders
UN rights office urges Iran to stop executing juvenile offenders
Andrew Gilmore
September 3, 2008 03:53:00 pm

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged Iran Tuesday to ban the use of the death penalty against juvenile offenders. The OHCHR statement comes as...

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News ICJ hears Romania-Ukraine dispute over Black Sea resource rights
ICJ hears Romania-Ukraine dispute over Black Sea resource rights
Joe Shaulis
September 3, 2008 02:46:00 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week in a border dispute between Romania and Ukraine over resource rights to the Black Sea. Oral arguments...

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News Iraq cabinet approves Abu Ghraib prison rebuilding plan
Iraq cabinet approves Abu Ghraib prison rebuilding plan
Joe Shaulis
September 3, 2008 01:46:00 pm

The Iraqi government announced plans Wednesday to rebuild Abu Ghraib prison , where US military guards were photographed abusing Iraqi prisoners . Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the Iraqi Cabinet had approved...

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News Pakistan rights advocate seeks to charge Musharraf with criminal abduction
Pakistan rights advocate seeks to charge Musharraf with criminal abduction
Abigail Salisbury
September 3, 2008 12:54:00 pm

Defence of Human Rights Chairman Khalid Khawaja petitioned the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday to register abduction charges against Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf and several other high-ranking officials from his...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Last Quaker executed for religious beliefs in American colonies

On March 24, 1661, William Ledda, executed in Boston, became the last Quaker in the American colonies to be put to death for his religious beliefs. Learn more about the persecution of the Quakers in colonial Massachusetts.

Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated

On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador by a right-wing death squad. Romero had become unpopular with conservative elements in the country when he began speaking out against government repression of the nation's poor and of his fellow priests. Read a biography of Archbishop Óscar Romero from the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame University. In 2003, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), an American human-rights organization, filed a lawsuit in the United States against former Salvadorean Air Force Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia for his alleged role in the assassination of Archbishop Romero. The suit was filed in a US federal district court under the Alien Tort Claim Act (28 U.S.C. § 1350). In Doe v. Rafael Saravia, the defendant was found guilty of crimes against humanity and extrajudicial killing, resulting in a $10 million judgment against Saravia. Read a description of the case. Romero was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 2018.

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